Lazy days of summer

The lazy days of summer have consumed us. All we want to do is nap, nap, and nap some more.

How do you get motivated when all you want to do is sleep?

We have a list of things we want to achieve but no motivation to do any of them. Our list includes eating, exercise, bird watching, and playing.

Exercise supposedly is the best thing to do to overcome laziness. Mamma does squats while she is washing dishes, and lunges while she is watching television. Just watching her makes us want to sleep some more. She tells us that if we can overcome the lazy feeling with exercise our brain will naturally follow.

But it is summertime, after all, and the days are made for being lazy. My brain likes to just relax. 

She tries to tempt us with ribbon to chase, and cat nip toys to force us in to exercise masked as "play time". She insists that exercise helps motivate her to put effort in her dreaded to-do list.

I think we will stick to napping...

Hope your Sunday is filled with love, peace, and naps.

Purr & Paw,
-Stivali. 🐾

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. - Lao Tzu.

June closes - graduations - proms - and Pasqua turns 9 (months)!

Hello Dear Readers,
We are surprised at how quickly time passes. Here it is June 23rd already. Our last full week of the month of June. From our window we see lots of prom and graduation festivities. School is out for all the neighborhood kids, and the start of summer is here!

Our cousin, Emma, graduated high school this week with all of her friends and classmates. We are so happy for her as she ends one chapter, and embarks on her next educational journey at the end of the summer. Education is our most powerful tool we can use to change the world! Congratulations to all of the graduates!

Also this week, we celebrated Pasqua as he turned 9 months old on the 17th.

He likes the boxes his gifts come in more than the gifts. I know a lot of you are thinking "typical kitty"! 😼

I share two photos of me since I shared two photos of my lil brother. I am a very blessed kitty, with a mamma who loves me unconditionally. Blessed to be able to live in a warm, safe, love-filled home, to have as many treats as I would like, to always have a bowl full of crunchy cereal, and another filled with fresh water. Yum! I guess I can add to my list of blessings the little Pasqua kitty, too. 😼

We had a good week. Filled with naps, snacks. playing, and snuggling mamma. We hope you all had a good week, too, and that your summer is off to a purrfect start.

As you enter the summer months, remember to list your blessings - we believe if you focus on them you will be blessed with even more!

Purr & Paw,

-Stivali.

"Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." - Henry James.

My mamma's birthday!

No, I didn't model for this greeting card, but I could've! 

Mamma celebrated her birthday, and she took me with her down the shore. It was my very first time there and I was very well behaved. I enjoyed the ocean air and all of the sights I could see out of the sliding glass doors.  It was a good weekend away, and I am so blessed to celebrate with my ma.

My first time down the shore to celebrate mamma's birthday!

Shhhh... don't tell Nonno Tony I am on his very favorite chair.

On her birthday morning, she asked for a sign from my brother, Stray Cat, and he gave her this really beautiful one on her birthday: 

This made her very happy. 

I love my mamma, and I like it when she smiles.  Here's to another year ahead hopefully filled with smiles and love. 

Purr & Paw,

-Stivali.

It did not feel like summer this year.

This summer went very fast.
It rained a lot so it wasn't a very nice summer.
Mamma and I were sad without Stray Cat, and rain doesn't help us very much.

One thing that helps me is Verdi. Who I wrote about previously.

Mamma tries to record me often. And I do not cooperate. I stop doing whatever she wants to record as soon as I catch her recording me. I am sneaky like that.

This is the best she can get:
Verdi & Stivali Clip

Enjoy the rest of your summer, Readers.
Purr and Paw,
-Stivali.